Topic: Online Video Courses
Resource of the Week
Now, aren’t you glad you watched that? Don’t you feel better about homeschooling your kids? Crash Course is a YouTube channel that features crash courses in six subjects: US History, World History, Literature, Chemistry, Ecology, and Biology. John produces the history and literature courses, while his brother Hank, who has his undergraduate degree in biochemistry and his master’s in Environmental Studies, writes the science courses. US History and Chemistry are the current courses, so their content is still being added weekly. The others are complete courses. The courses are each a series of videos with graphics, photos, narration, and plenty of humor. I love that the videos have a Table of Contents in the description (you’ll have to click “More”) that lists timestamps for different topics in the videos. Do preview the videos – they are entertaining but will not be a good fit for every family. For older students, they may be the perfect thing to spark interest in the topics covered. The videos come with optional closed captions in several languages. https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse